HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The head of President Trump’s ambitious Golden Dome for America project said Tuesday that the military has already carried out two secretive tests of the multibillion-dollar missile defense shield, with new technologies and artificial intelligence being incorporated into the developing system. U.S. Space Force Gen. Michael A. Guetlein told an audience at the…
WASHINGTON — A man whose slain brother led one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty Friday in Washington to conspiring to traffic cocaine and methamphetamine into the U.S. Antonio Oseguera Cervantes worked for cartels with his brother Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord known as “El Mencho” who was killed…
For decades, physicists wrestled with a fundamental mystery of the universe. They wanted to know why certain particles — like the protons in atoms — have mass, while particles of light do not. Whatever the reason was, it was crucial to understanding the origins of planets, galaxies and life itself. The leading theory stated that…
Why This Matters Nursing is among the fastest-growing and most in-demand professions in the United States. The Labor Department projects 189,000 registered nurse job openings annually for the next decade. Emergency departments are understaffed. Rural hospitals are closing labor and delivery units. The healthcare system is looking everywhere for qualified nurses. Men make up approximately…
Oil prices edged higher on Monday after President Donald Trump said Iran would pay for the deaths of three U.S. service members, and Houthi militants in Yemen declared a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, were last seen trading 32 cents higher at $88.42 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate…
Yves here. This Jeff Masters post describes the severity and the health/lifespan costs of exposure to the sort of hazardous smoke that descended on the Great Lakes and extended to the east coast. It’s not over, even if the intensity of the pollution has eased off. From USA Today: Perhaps it may seem like overkill…
For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor and authoritarian countries. To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of information on abuses under the most repressive regimes and held an open competition to fund groups to…
The U.S. Military Health System — one of the largest and most standardized health systems in the world, serving approximately 9.6 million beneficiaries — has deployed AI technology that listens to clinical conversations between patients and providers and automatically generates the medical documentation of each visit. The Defense Health Agency (DHA) announced during the week…
A flesh-eating parasite that the United States eradicated in 1966 has returned — and the 16 confirmed animal cases represent only the beginning of what veterinary experts and public health officials are working to contain. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the first U.S. animal case on June 3, 2026, in a…
